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Your new dresser will be 2/5ths larger than your old dresser. Your old dresser can hold 6.25 cubic feet, how much cubic feet will the new dresser hold ?

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Answer:

8.75 cubic feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Your new dresser will be [tex]\frac{2}{5}^{ths}[/tex] larger than your old dresser.

This means that your new dresser wil be

[tex]1+\dfrac{2}{5}=\dfrac{5+2}{5}=\dfrac{7}{5}[/tex]

of your old dresser.

Your old dresser can hold 6.25 cubic feet, so your new dresser can hold

[tex]\dfrac{7}{5}\cdot 6.25=7\cdot 1.25=8.75\ ft^3[/tex]

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